In Germany, several people “seriously injured” with knives during an “attack” in Mannheim, the attacker neutralized

“Several people” were victims of a knife attack on the market square in the city of Mannheim, in southwest Germany, late Friday May 31, local police announced in a statement. She specifies that the attacker was then injured by a firearm and that“there is no danger for the population”, without detailing the extent and severity of the injuries of the people concerned. An attack described as“attack” by the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, who addresses his “thoughts of the victims”.

According to the local daily Mannheimer Morgen, this attack took place during a rally organized by the anti-Islam movement Pax Europa. In a press release, the movement specifies that Michael Stürzenberger, a figure of the German extreme right, is one of those injured and that he was transported to a clinic in Ludwigshafen. However, the police did not provide further details as to the motivations of the attacker and the circumstances of this attack.